Charting a fourth-quarter breakout, S&P 500 confirms bull trend By: MarketWatch October 03, 2017 at 12:25 PM EDT The U.S. markets’ bigger-picture technical backdrop continues to strengthen as the fourth quarter kicks off, writes Michael Ashbaugh. Read More >> Related Stocks: Fireeye Inc Intel Corp Russell 2000 Ishares ETF Salesforce Standard & Poors 500 Xerox Corp